This lesson will help students understand why it is important to check ...

This lesson will help students understand why it is important to check their work after they complete a math problem. They will be searching other students' work to find a mistake in the work they completed.

Students further develop close reading skills as they examine Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The ...

Students further develop close reading skills as they examine Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The tragedy of Hamlet develops many central ideas, including revenge, mortality, madness, and the tension between action and inaction. Students analyze the play through the close study of Hamlet’s soliloquies and other key scenes to determine how Shakespeare’s language and choices about how to structure the play impact character development and central ideas. The showing of a filmed version of the play in select lessons supplements students’ understanding of plot and background points and encourages them to consider actors’ interpretations of the text.

Collaborative, self-directed learners use a variety of reading strategies to analyze, understand, ...

Collaborative, self-directed learners use a variety of reading strategies to analyze, understand, and create personal enrichment, inquiry, and problem solve when engaging with Markus Zusak's historical fiction novel, The Book Thief. Students will learn about the backdrop of the novel in the Holocaust era of World War II through multi-faceted activities like documentaries, web quests, news articles, and first-hand accounts to better understand how the set of a novel affects the plot and character development. An additional layer of inquiry derives from a literary perspective: exploring character motivations and relationships, color symbolism, figurative language, point-of-view, and theme.

This lesson is an introduction to Metallurgy and the machines used in ...

This lesson is an introduction to Metallurgy and the machines used in Metallurgy. The students will research the different types of machines used in metallurgy. The students will prepare a machine of their own to help understand engineering skills.

Open licensing of instructional materials such as textbooks, videos, and other related ...

Open licensing of instructional materials such as textbooks, videos, and other related resources makes possible free sharing and remixing which reduces cost barriers for students. Creative Commons provides the legal infrastructure for easily sharing creative works including instructional materials but how do the different licenses indicate a resource can be re-used. Join us for an interactive session of playbook license scenarios where you test your knowledge of the OER re-use based on license type.

Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that believes “change is good”. “Kai” means ...

Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that believes “change is good”. “Kai” means change and “zen” means good. In business settings, Kaizen is also a strategic tool that brings about continuous improvement, in terms of increased productivity, superior quality, lower costs, efficient processes, increased safety and better customer experience. The word “Continuous” is worth remembering here as Kaizen is a never-ending improvement process. In this professional development activity, the Bonduel School District will be introduced to a quick and easy way to incorporate kaizen continuous improvement strategies into the education setting.

Students develop close reading skills as they examine Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin ...

Students develop close reading skills as they examine Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. The play develops many thematic concepts such as the strength of family, issues with conflicting expectations, and stereotyping and prejudice. Students analyze the play through the close study of scenes and character development as well as the examination of symbolism, language choices, and structure. Students will also view a film version of the play to enhance understanding as well as analyze some poetry.

In this weekly activity, students complete a self-assessment rubric and timesheets on ...

In this weekly activity, students complete a self-assessment rubric and timesheets on a weekly basis and submit to the instructor. The teacher grades the timesheet and inserts their score into the rubric. The student then reflects on the instructor's score and makes necessary adjustments to their employability skills.

Students explore the concept of fair use, apply it to case studies, ...

Students explore the concept of fair use, apply it to case studies, andcreate an original work of fair use.Students learn how to judge whether something is protected by fair useby using the Four Points of Fair Use Student Handout. Theyapply the four points of fair use to two case studies, a remixed video anda mash-up song, to judge whether or not they fall under fair use.Students then create an original work of fair use by reworkingcopyrighted material to create a collage or a remix video.